YOGI TEA®’s Delicious Fruity Orange-Vanilla Gingerbread (Vegan)

Allmän, Recept | 12. December 2017

Christmas time – gingerbread time! Gathering in the kitchen during the pre-Christmas season and baking Christmas biscuits with many helping hands and flour-dusted, joyful faces is a tradition for many families.

Stirring, kneading, shaping, baking and decorating them… and very important: tasting them from time to time!

Gingerbread is especially well-suited for this activity: It offers many possibilities for decorating, has a great taste and we should also mention that it contains the typical Christmas spices!

Speaking of spices: Did you know that almost all of our five original YOGI TEA® ingredients are also found in gingerbread? The following spices are typically mixed together when preparing the gingerbread spice: cinnamon, star anise, ginger, mace, fennel, cardamom, coriander, anise, cloves, pimento and nutmeg.

And do you know which of these are found in our YOGI TEA® CLASSIC? We’ll tell you: soft, sweet cinnamon; sprightly inspiring ginger; sweet cardamom that is full of essential oils; cloves; and an additional ingredient that you won’t find in gingerbread: pepper as an intensive, spicy and hot addition.

In cooperation with IlkaEliseB, we have added a special touch to the classic gingerbread recipe for this year with YOGI TEA® GINGER ORANGE with Vanilla and grated orange peel. This gives the Orange-Vanilla Gingerbread that extra something! And best of all, our recipe is also vegan.

On the one hand, the ingredients in YOGI TEA® GINGER ORANGE with Vanilla are the perfect companion for a delicious attunement to the Christmas season. On the other hand, the subtle message of this tea especially applies to this time of the year: “Relaxation and confidence.” The time before Christmas can get hectic with many parties and get-togethers. We still want to finish one thing or the other before the “old year” ends, we start looking for gifts – and then the new year is almost knocking at the door. With YOGI TEA® GINGER ORANGE with Vanilla, you can handle this hustle and bustle in a relaxed mood, create refreshing breaks for yourself and confidently look forward to the coming events and a new year!

Would you like to bake with us? Then share your finest gingerbread at #yogitea with us on Instagram and Twitter.

List of ingredients for 10 pieces of gingerbread:

170g flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 pinch of salt

5g gingerbread spice

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

50g coconut oil

80g agave syrup

100ml freshly squeezed orange juice

60g brown sugar

1-2 teabags of YOGI TEA® GINGER ORANGE with Vanilla

Grated (organic) orange peel

For the decoration:

1 cup of powdered sugar

4 tsp orange juice

A few drops of vanilla extract

Preparation:

To make the biscuits, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and the gingerbread spice.

Use a second bowl and thoroughly mix the liquid ingredients with the sugar in it: vanilla extract, coconut oil, agave syrup, orange juice and brown sugar.

Now add this mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until you have a good dough composition. Then mix in the grated orange and the content of 1-2 teabags of YOGI TEA® GINGER ORANGE with Vanilla.

The dough will now be very sticky, so please put it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

Find a clean surface and dust it with flour. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it has a thickness of about 1 cm. Now you can cut out or trim your choice of shapes and put them on a baking tin lined with baking paper. Make sure that there is enough distance (about 2 cm) between the individual pieces.

If you notice that the dough is still too sticky, leave it in the refrigerator for a bit longer. It’s easier to work with it when it’s cold!

Now bake your gingerbread for about 10 minutes. Remember: The baking time may vary depending on the oven.

Once the gingerbread has cooled off, you can add the decoration to it: Put the powdered sugar into a small bowl and add 4 tsp of freshly squeezed orange juice and some drops of vanilla extract. Thoroughly mix the ingredients until you have a sticky paste.

Now fill the mixture into a piping bag and decorate your gingerbread as you like.